It would seem to me that I have to add friend codes (they automatically register for some odd reason) in order to find people in Basic Brawl and join them. (You don't legitimately have the option, but if a friend is in a Basic Brawl, you can somehow join them).

My timezone is Western Europe (London time). Ironically, whenever I play the game and go online, KAP and another friend are always conected. I often open friend rooms, but they never join. Maybe it's because they're playing offline (?) or searching for players in Brawl anyone (which is nearly impossible:P)

On your Wii, set your primary DNS to 176.9.146.163, and the secondary DNS to the IP address of your router (you can find this in Windows by running CMD and typing "ipconfig /all", it is the value for "Default gateway") - This step may not be necessary, but if you end up not being able to connect, try it.